Applied Physics
Denizens of oceans, lakes and even wet soil, diatoms are unicellular algae that encase themselves in intricately patterned, glass-like shells. Curiously, these tiny phytoplankton could be harboring the next big breakthrough in computer chips.
Diatoms build their hard cell walls by laying down submicron-sized lines of silica, a compound related to the key material of the semiconductor industry—silicon. “If we can genetically control that process, we would have a whole new way of performing the nanofabrication used to make computer chips,” says Michael Sussman, a University of Wisconsin-…
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COVENTRY, England, January 21 /PRNewswire/ --
FARO Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: FARO), the world leader in portable computer-aided measurement hardware and software, announced it will release its all-new metrology software: CAM2 Q.
"Simply put, we've advanced the functionality and training while making it even more intuitive for any user," FARO President and CEO Jay Freeland said. "Whether they are a seasoned metrology pro or using our portable CMMs for the first time, CAM2 Q puts the user in control."
Continuing FARO's tradition of having the fastest software on the market, CAM2 Q has been…
Amid growing consumer demand for more environmentally-friendly cleaning products, chemical suppliers are stepping-up their efforts to provide greener ingredients with the same effectiveness of conventional ones, according to an article in Chemical & Engineering News.
Michael McCoy notes that “green” cleaning supplies were once the province of fringe industries but are now attracting the attention of big corporations in the United States and beyond. Increasingly, suppliers are generating consumer cleaning products that contain natural or naturally-derived ingredients, avoid the use of…
Oklahoma State researchers are developing a state-of-the-art propulsion system for the United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
If successful, the propulsion system will be featured in sophisticated unmanned aircraft small enough to fit into a soldier’s pocket.
“What we want the infantrymen to be able to do is pull a pack of six or so out of their pocket and have them ready for use,” Jamey Jacob, an associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, said. The aircraft would be used for surveillance purposes and allow soldiers to inspect hostile areas before moving…
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HYDERABAD, India, January 21 /PRNewswire/ --
- Chicago-Based Management Consulting Firm Strengthens Company's High-End Business Services
Satyam Computer Services Ltd. (NYSE:SAY), a leading business and information technology services provider, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Bridge Strategy Group, a Chicago, Ill.-based management consulting firm. In making the $35 million, all-cash purchase, Satyam significantly reinforces its strategy consulting and business transformation capabilities.
"Bridge Strategy Group is a highly respected organization that…
Raptor 03, the third F-22 manufactured by the team of Lockheed Martin, Boeing and Pratt & Whitney is now part of a new exhibit at The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. One of nine F-22s built for engineering, manufacture and development testing, Raptor 03 will remain on display in the museum.
The F-22 was the winner of the Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) contract, a "stealth fighter" designed to replace the F-15 Strike Eagle and surpass the capabilities of Soviet-era Su-27 "Flanker"-class fighter aircraft.
Raptor 03 was the test fleet workhorse. It was used for loads testing,…
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Yes, you read that right. I said Blu-ray. Ever since the defection of Warner Bros. from HD-DVD to Blu-ray a few days before the Consumer Electronics Show(CES), every expert who knows anything at all about this industry has predicted the demise of HD-DVD. And they're wrong.
The most important reason is that no one is an expert on the high-definition marketplace. The industry barely even exists so people making projections based on expert knowledge of laser disc or DVD figures are only slightly more accurate than Voodoo shamen sorting chicken bones. You just can't rely on recent sales in a…
Water has fascinated scientists for thousands of years. Along with being the elixir of life, it acts in counter-intuitive ways like expanding when frozen while most liquids contract.
Sometimes the best way to understand a mystery is to create one just like it. Chemical engineer Pablo Debenedetti and collaborators at three other institutions found a highly simplified model molecule that behaves in much the same way as water, a discovery that upends long-held beliefs about what makes water so special.
“This model is so simple it is almost a caricature,” Debenedetti said. “And yet it has these…
Movie characters from the Terminator to the Bionic Woman use bionic eyes to zoom in on far-off scenes, have useful facts pop into their field of view, or create virtual crosshairs. Off the screen, virtual displays have been proposed for more practical purposes -- visual aids to help vision-impaired people, holographic driving control panels and even as a way to surf the Web on the go.
The device to make this happen may be familiar. Engineers at the University of Washington have for the first time used manufacturing techniques at microscopic scales to combine a flexible, biologically safe…
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WILTON, Connecticut, January 17 /PRNewswire/ --
Startech Environmental Corp. (OTC Bulletin Board: STHK), a fully reporting and the internationally recognized Award-winning Environment and Energy Company announced today that it has been selected by the Disposal Services Authority, of the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence, for its Waste Disposal and Sustainability presentations throughout UK. The Plasma Converter conferences and presentations, sponsored and run by the Disposal Services Authority were held in London, Liverpool and Newcastle in December and in January and will also be held in…